Nequicquam; quoniam nihil indè abradere possunt
Nec penetrare, et abire in corpus corpora toto."
Luc. iv. 1005.
"Conveying as the electric wire,
We know not how, the absorbing fire."—Byron.
[43] αὐτοδίδακτος, γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς σοφιστής.
[44] The festivals called Mysteries took place at night, or in secret, within some sanctuary, which the uninitiated were not allowed to enter.—See Dict. of Greek and Rom. Antiq.
"Pugnabit primo fortassis, et Improbe, dicet.
Pugnando vinci sed tamen illa volet."
Ovid. de Art. Aman. l. 665.
"Who listens once will listen twice;
Her heart, be sure, is not of ice,
And one refusal no rebuff."—Byron.